Germany, Heer. A Shoulder Boards Pair from the Estate of Generalleutnant Rudolf Schubert

According to seller - Fabricated from a row of silver bullion wire flanked by rows of gold-coloured bullion on either side, in an interlocking weave pattern, each with a silvered bronze pip affixed, the neck end of each board with a loop for placement upon a uniform button, 40 mm x 94 mm and 41 mm x 106 mm, inclusive of their red wool backers, loose threading on the reverse of each indicating previous uniform wear, gilt wear evident on one pip, minor fabric interruption, in worn condition, not a matching pair, very fine. Footnote: Rudolf Schubert enlisted as a Cadet with the Prussian Army on March 15, 1910 and was the older brother of future Lieutenant General Kurt Schubert. He was promoted to Ensign on November 16, 1910 and after attending military school, he was promoted to Lieutenant on August 18, 1911. Schubert was then employed as a Company Officer in Telegraph Battalion No. 1 in Berlin-Treptow and was employed as such in the summer of 1914, just before mobilization in the First World War. At the beginning of the war, he was appointed Head of a lightweight radio station with the 3rd Cavalry Division and later, employed as a Commander with Radio Command 17. Schubert was promoted to First Lieutenant on August 18, 1915 and by September 1916, he was appointed Commander of Radio Command 51, followed by an appointment as Commander with Army Radio 3 Command. He saw a promotion to Captain on August 18, 1918. By the end of the war, he had become a Division Commander with the Saxon 24th Reserve Division in the West. For his First World War service, he was awarded the Iron Cross 1914 in both 1st and 2nd Classes. After the war, he was employed as the Head of the Radio Department of Volunteer Brigade 127 with the Border Patrol, effective December 1918. On October 1, 1919, he took over as Captain, assuming his old rank seniority from the Imperial Army and assigned to Reichswehr Brigade 5. Seven weeks later, he married, taking Erica Schulze-Sander as his wife, on December 16, 1919. Even when 200,000 men were transitioning from the Army in the Spring of 1920, he continued to be employed in a the Signals Battalion. Upon the formation of the 100,000 man Army of the Reichswehr, he was appointed Head of the 2nd Company of the 3rd (Prussian) Signals Battalion in Potsdam. That was followed by an appointment on October 1, 1923, to the Regimental Staff of the 9th (Prussian) Reiter-Regiment at Fürstenwalde. From there it was he went to the Ministry of Defense (RWM) in Berlin, where he became the an Inspector of the Signal Corps. On February 1, 1925, he was named a Staff Officer in the Signal Corps (Stonach) to the bar of the Second Cavalry Division and transferred to Wroclaw, where he was employed as such for over six years. On April 1, 1931, he became the Head of the 5th Signals Battalion and was transferred to Stuttgart-Cannstatt and it was here that he was promoted to Major on October 1, 1931. By April 1, 1934, he had been appointed as Commander of Signals Instruction and Implementation, with his department's primary function to test communication devices and their appropriate application principles. During the expansion of the Reichswehr to the Wehrmacht, he was promoted on October 1, 1934 to Lieutenant Colonel. On October 15, 1935, he resigned his command, becoming the new Commander of the Signal Battalion upon his appointment in Königsberg and held this position for the next two and a half years. Schubert was promoted to Colonel on April 1, 1937. On March 31, 1938, he resigned his command to Lieutenant Colonel Hans-Albrecht Lehmann, upon his appointment to Commander on April 1st with XVII Troops in Vienna and remained in this position until the mobilization of forces for the Second World War in the summer of 1939. In early August 1939, he was appointed to the staff of the Commander of Army Intelligence in 521 Regiment and assumed command of the 14th Army. In September 1939, he was appointed Army Intelligence Head of the 12th Army. Schubert was appointed on September 1, 1940 as successor to Major General Rudolf Schrader, who had been appointed Commander of Army News School Halle an der Saale. Seven months later, Schubert was promoted to Major General on April 1, 1941. Due to the formation of a second Military Intelligence School in Glatz, Silesia in January 1942, his school was renamed Army Signals School I. In May 1942, he resigned his command of the Army Signals School I to Colonel Siegfried. Upon doing so, he had now become the Head of the Higher Army Signals Group A and was promoted to Lieutenant General on April 1, 1943. In addition he was awarded the German Cross in Silver on January 26, 1944. He was later appointed Head of Communication to the Higher Army Signals Group B. In early May 1945, he went from Gadebusch to Schwerin, as the country was now in Allied hands. He was discharged from active service in May 1948.